Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 9
May 9, 2024 is the 130th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 9
- 1726 –Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap’s molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
- 1874 –The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
- 1877 –A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
- 1936 –Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
- 1941 –World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
- 1945 –World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower’s deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.
- 1946 –King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
- 1961 –Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in baseball history to hit grand slams in consecutive innings.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
- 2001 –In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
Who were born on May 9?
- 1888 –Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
- 1912 –Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943)
- 1928 –Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)
- 1929 –Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
- 1941 –Pete Birrell, British bass guitarist
- 1942 –Tommy Roe, American singer and songwriter
- 1963 –Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)
- 1974 –Dylan Lauren,American businesswoman & daughter of fashion designer Ralph Lauren
- 1976 –Christos Marangos, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1981 –Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer
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